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	<div id="winchm_template_content"><div id="mainSection"><p>Running a SMB Symbol Server is simply a matter of creating a file share and granting users access to that file share.</p>
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<h2><a id="Creating_a_SMB_File_Share_Symbol_Store_"></a><a id="creating_a_smb_file_share_symbol_store_"></a><a id="CREATING_A_SMB_FILE_SHARE_SYMBOL_STORE_"></a>Creating a SMB File Share Symbol Store </h2>
<p>Use Windows Explorer or Computer Management to create the File Share and assign security. These steps assume that the symbols will be located in <i>D:\SymStore\Symbols</i>. Complete these steps using Windows Explorer:</p>
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<dd>
<p>	1. Open <b>Windows Explorer</b>.</p>
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<p>2.	Right-click <i>D:\SymStore\Symbols</i> and choose <b>Properties</b>.</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>3.	Click on the <b>Sharing</b> tab.</p>
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<dd>
<p>4. 	Click on  <b>Advanced Sharing</b>… .</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>5.	Check <i>Share this folder</i>.</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>6. 	Click on  <b>Permissions</b>.</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>7.	Remove the <i>Everyone</i> group.</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>8.	Using <b>Add…</b>, add the Users/Security Groups requiring access.</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>9.	For each User/Security Group added, grant Read or Read/Change access.</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>10. Click on <b>OK</b> (Permissions dialog).</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>11. Click on  <b>OK</b> (Advanced Sharing dialog).</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>12.	Press <b>Close</b> (Properties dialog).</p>
</dd>
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<p>Complete these steps using Computer Management:</p>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>1.	Type <i>Computer</i> in Window Start (resolves as This PC in Windows 8). </p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>2.	Right-click and select <i>Manage</i>.</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>3.	Navigate to <i>System Tools | Shared Folders | Shares</i>.</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>4.	Right-click and select <b>New | Share…</b> .</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>5.	Press <b>Next</b> (Create a Shared Folder Wizard dialog).</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>6.	Enter <b>D:\SymStore\Symbols</b> as the Folder Path.</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>7. Press <b>Next</b> twice.</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>8.	Select <b>Customize permissions</b>.</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>9.	Press <b>Custom…</b> .</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>10.	Remove <i>Everyone</i>.</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>11.	Using <b>Add…</b>, add the Users/Security Groups requiring access.</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>12.	For each User/Security Group added, grant Read or Read/Change access.</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>13.	Press <b>OK</b> (Customize Permissions dialog).</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>14.	Press <b>Finish</b> twice to complete the process.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h2><a id="Test_The_SMB_File_Share"></a><a id="test_the_smb_file_share"></a><a id="TEST_THE_SMB_FILE_SHARE"></a>Test The SMB File Share</h2>
<p>Configure a debugger to use this symbol path:</p>
<pre class="syntax" xml:space="preserve"><code>srv*C:\Symbols*\\MachineName\Symbols</code></pre>
<p>To view the location of the PDBs being referenced in the debugger, use the lm (list modules) command. The path to the PDBs should all begin with C:\Symbols. By running “!sym noisy”, and “.reload /f”, you will see extensive symbol logging of the download of the symbols and images from the \\MachineName\Symbols file server to C:\Symbols.</p>
<h2><a id="File_Share_Symbol_Path"></a><a id="file_share_symbol_path"></a><a id="FILE_SHARE_SYMBOL_PATH"></a>File Share Symbol Path</h2>
<p>There are multiples ways to configure your debugger’s symbol path (.sympath) to use a File Share. The syntax of the symbol path determines if the symbol file will be cached locally or not, and where it is cached.</p>
<p>Direct File Share use (no local caching):</p>
<pre class="syntax" xml:space="preserve"><code>srv*\\MachineName\Symbols</code></pre>
<p>Local Caching of the File Share’s files to a particular local folder (e.g. c:\Symbols):</p>
<pre class="syntax" xml:space="preserve"><code>srv*c:\Symbols*\\MachineName\Symbols</code></pre>
<p>Local Caching of the File Share’s files to the %DBGHELP_HOMEDIR%\Sym folder:</p>
<pre class="syntax" xml:space="preserve"><code>srv**\\MachineName\Symbols</code></pre>
<p>The second “*” in the example shown above, represents the default local server cache. </p>
<p>If the DBGHELP_HOMEDIR variable is not set, DBGHELP_HOMEDIR defaults to the debugger executable folder (for example C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10.0\Debuggers\x86) and causes caching to occur in C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10.0\Debuggers\x86\Sym.</p>
<h2><a id="related_topics"></a>Related topics</h2>
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<dt><a href="#Bookmark1509">Symbol Store Folder Tree</a></dt></dl></div></div>	
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